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228 Cap. LIII. De passione doraini.<br />

tom coniinenclat, obcdientiani imiilet, caritatem perficit. In his neni-<br />

pe virtutuni gemmis qnatuor crucis cornna ornantur et superemi-<br />

nentior caritas , a dextris obedientia, a sinistris patientia, r<strong>ad</strong>ix<br />

omniiim virtutHm humilitas in profundo. Kaec oninia, qnae Christus<br />

passus est, Bernardus breviter recolligit dicens: memor ero, quam-<br />

diu vixero , laborum, quos peilnlit iii praedicando, fatigationum in<br />

discurrendo, vigiliarum in orando, tentationum in jejunando, lacrjma-<br />

rum in compatiendo , insidiarum iii colloqucndo, postremo convicio-<br />

rum, sputoruni, colaplionim, subsanuationum, davorum, exprobratio-<br />

num. Tcrtiopassio ejus fuit utilitate multiplici fructuosa, cujus uti-<br />

litas potest esse triplex, scilicet peccatorum remissio. gratiae colla-<br />

tio et gloriae exhibitio, ct haec tria notantur in titulo crucis, quia<br />

Jesns quo <strong>ad</strong> priraum. Nazarenus quo <strong>ad</strong> secundum, rex Judaeorum,<br />

quo <strong>ad</strong> tertium, quia ibi crimus omnes regcs. I)c cjus utilitate di-<br />

cit Augustinus: culpam delcvit (ihrislus pracscnlem, practeritam<br />

ct futuram, praetcrila peccata tulit ca remittendo , praesentia liomi-<br />

ncs ab iis retrivhendo, fulura gratiam, qua vitarentur, confcrcndo. De<br />

cjus etiam utilitatc dicit Augustinus : <strong>ad</strong>mircmur, gratnlcmur, amemus,<br />

lauderaus, <strong>ad</strong>oremus, quoniam per rcdemtoris nostri mortcm de tcnc-<br />

bris <strong>ad</strong> lucem , de morte <strong>ad</strong> vitam , de corruptione <strong>ad</strong> incorruptio-<br />

nem , de exsilio <strong>ad</strong> patriam , de luctu <strong>ad</strong> gaudium vocati sumus.<br />

Quam utilis autcm modus nostrae rcdemtionis fuerit, patet cx qua-<br />

tuor rationibus, vidclicet quia fuit acceptissiraus <strong>ad</strong> placandum<br />

Deum, congrucnlissimus <strong>ad</strong> curanduni morbum, cfficacissimus <strong>ad</strong><br />

attrahendum gcnus humanum , prudentissimus <strong>ad</strong> cxpugnandum hu-<br />

mani gcneris inimicum. Prinio ergo fuit acceptissiraus <strong>ad</strong> placan-<br />

dum et rcconciliandura Dcuni , quia sicut dicit Anselraus in libro:<br />

cur Dcus homo , nihil asperius et difficiiius potest homo pati <strong>ad</strong><br />

honorem Dei spontc ct non ex dcbito quam niortem, et ncquaquam<br />

magis homo potest se dare quam cum se morti Ir<strong>ad</strong>it <strong>ad</strong> hono-<br />

rcm ipsius. Kt hoc cst, quod diciliir Kphes. V: tr<strong>ad</strong>idit scmet<br />

ipsum oblationem ct hostiam Dco in odorcm suavitalis. Qualiter<br />

autcm fuit sacrificiuiii nos Deo placans et rcconcilians, dicit Augu-<br />

stinus in libro de trinilate: quid tam gralc suscipi posset . quani<br />

caro sacrificii noslri corpus cfTccliiin saccrdolis iioslri ? Ul qnoniam<br />

quatuor considcranlur iii oinni sacrificio: cui olTcralur, quid ofTera-<br />

lur, pro quibus ofTcralur, ot quis ofTcrat, idem ijisc unus nlrius-<br />

qiic incdiator pcr sacrificiuin pacis rcconcilians nos Deo (iim ipso<br />

manerct, cui (ifrcreiial. iiiuiiii iii so facorct. pro ((iiibiis ofTorobat,

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